Alone but connected? Digital (in)equalities in care work and generational relationships among older people living alone

Marcus Andersson; Mãris Brants; Jeff Hearn; Smilla Henning; Clary Krekula; Kārlis Lakševics; Lukas Leinweber; Miranda Leontowitsch; Camilla Malm; Ilze Mileiko; Māra Neikena; Charlotta Niemistö; Frank Oswald; Aivita Putnina; Artūrs Pokšāns; Marie  Reich; Hanna Sjögren; Rafaela Werny

doi:10.21248/gups.70657

Alone but connected? Digital (in)equalities in care work and generational relationships among older people living alone

Marcus Andersson, Mãris Brants, Jeff Hearn, Smilla Henning, Clary Krekula, Kārlis Lakševics, Lukas Leinweber, Miranda Leontowitsch, Camilla Malm, Ilze Mileiko, Māra Neikena, Charlotta Niemistö, Frank Oswald, Aivita Putnina, Artūrs Pokšāns, Marie Reich, Hanna Sjögren, Rafaela Werny

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Abstract

This white paper is published on the completion of the project “Alone but connected? Digital (in)equalities in care work and generational relationships among older people living alone”, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Research Council of Finland, the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, FORTE Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare and the funding organisations of the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years, Better Lives”. It provides a synthesis of the main results of the project.

Original language	English
Publisher	Goethe University Frankfurt
Number of pages	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21248/gups.70657
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Andersson, M., Brants, M., Hearn, J., Henning, S., Krekula, C., Lakševics, K., Leinweber, L., Leontowitsch, M., Malm, C., Mileiko, I., Neikena, M., Niemistö, C., Oswald, F., Putnina, A., Pokšāns, A., Reich, M., Sjögren, H., & Werny, R. (2025). Alone but connected? Digital (in)equalities in care work and generational relationships among older people living alone. Goethe University Frankfurt. https://doi.org/10.21248/gups.70657

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